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THE AWKWARD THOUGHTS OF W. KAMAU BELL
By: W. Kamau Bell
Tales of a 6' 4", African American, Heterosexual, Cisgender, Left-Leaning, Asthmatic, Black and Proud Blerd, Mama's Boy, Dad, and Stand-Up Comedian
Dutton
May 2017
On Sale: May 2, 2017
352 pages
ISBN: 1101985879
EAN: 9781101985878
Kindle: B01LZXZK2F
Hardcover / e-Book
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Non-Fiction Political | Humor
You may know W. Kamau Bell from his new, Emmy-nominated hit show on CNN, United Shades of America. Or maybe youβve read about him in the New York Times, which called him βthe most promising new talent in political comedy in many years.β Or maybe from The New Yorker, fawning over his brand of humor writing: "Bellβs gimmick is intersectional progressivism: he treats racial, gay, and womenβs issues as inseparable." After all this love and praise, itβs time for the next step: a book. The Awkward Thoughts of W. Kamau Bell is a humorous, well-informed take on the world today, tackling a wide range of issues, such as race relations; fatherhood; the state of law enforcement today; comedians and superheroes; right-wing politics; left-wing politics; failure; his interracial marriage; white men; his up-bringing by very strong-willed, race-conscious, yet ideologically opposite parents; his early days struggling to find his comedic voice, then his later days struggling to find his comedic voice; why he never seemed to fit in with the Black comedy scene . . . or the white comedy scene; how he was a Black nerd way before that became a thing; how it took his wife and an East Bay lesbian to teach him that racism and sexism often walk hand in hand; and much, much more.
 Media BuzzPBS News Hour - May 27, 2017
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